MORRIS v. CAPITOL FURNITURE & APPLIANCE CO.

No. 5621.

280 A.2d 775 (1971)

Mary C. MORRIS, Appellant, v. CAPITOL FURNITURE & APPLIANCE CO., Inc., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger C. Wolf, Tucson, Ariz., for appellant.

David S. Greene, Washington, D. C., for appellee. Stanley H. Kamerow, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

John J. Ross, Robert J. Elliott, Washington, D. C., and Peter W. Tredick, Newark, N. J., filed a brief as amicus curiae for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and FICKLING and PAIR, Associate Judges.


PAIR, Associate Judge:

Appellee filed a suit against appellant for $406 representing the balance due for household effects purchased under a conditional sales contract. By her amended answer, appellant alleged that the goods were grossly overpriced; that she had already paid their fair market value; and that the contract terms were so unconscionable as to entitle her to a setoff of the balance of the purchase price.

It appearing that there was no genuine issue...

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